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Newspaper
Austin Daily Herald
Location
Austin, Minnesota, United States of America
Date
Mar 25, 1958
Page
1
Braniff Airlines DC7C crashed within a minute after takeoff for Panama near Miami. Nine dead, 15 injured, many severely. Rescue crews faced mud and brush as helicopters ferried wounded to hospitals.
A Braniff DC7TC crash near Miami Florida killed nine people including Vera Rex 38 en route to Lima Peru to join husband Capt C Gordon Rex. Her 14 year old son Charles survived. Rescue crews faced flames and difficult terrain while witnesses recalled screams and dire conditions.
Seventeen people were forced from their second floor quarters when a North East Minneapolis tavern and grocery store were heavily damaged by fire just after 3 a.m. Three alarms summoned equipment and damage was about $25,000 with no injuries.
Juliana of the Netherlands welcomed Elizabeth II and Prince Philip in Amsterdam for a three day state visit. The Britannia anchored in a central canal as Juliana and her daughter Princess Irene watched, while Prince Bernhard recovered from the flu nearby.
Arthur E. Larkin Jr. will become marketing manager of the Maxwell House division of General Foods Corp. on April 15 with responsibility for national sales, market research, advertising and product management for grocery-packed coffees. He resigns from Hormel after a long career dating to 1946 and will report to Hoboken, New Jersey.
The Associated Press reports five people died in Minnesota roadways over the past 24 hours, including Little Falls' first fatality in three years. Victims include elderly Wilmont resident Elden Konz and several in the Shakopee area collision.
Churchill shows signs of improvement after a health setback and his secretary said he could fly back to England within a week if weather improves. Officials would not confirm whether his planned April Washington trip will proceed or be canceled.
GOP leaders say President Eisenhower will ask Congress to authorize a 600 million dollar speed up in government buying to curb the recession. He may also seek a 50 percent extension of unemployment benefits and a 5.4 billion highway bill faces Senate debate. Knowland predicts swift highway action. Treasury opposition to a tax cut grows within administration circles.
Gov Freeman announced 2000 miles of Minnesota trunk highways will carry absolute speed zones to curb traffic deaths, with speeds posted as the maximum safe limits. The plan follows studies by Highway Commissioner L P Zimmerman and involves routes including Highways 16 14 2 58 10 61 and 218 among others, with enforcement aided by electronic timing and aerial speed checks.
About 1 200 workers at the St Paul Ford plant will begin a six day layoff Friday according to the United Auto Workers. A company spokesman confirmed the shutdown after a prior weeklong closure earlier this month. UAW Local 879 chair Robert Killeen said workers preferred the weeklong layoff to four day weeks, noting the plan lets employees collect unemployment benefits and a portion of the firm's guaranteed annual wage plan, potentially yielding up to 65 percent of normal take home pay.
Two youths in their 20s rushed Winkel Bar in St Paul early today and took about $2,000. One masked suspect covered Al Gross at the bar while the other rifled the register and safe and escaped with the cash.
Secretary Dulles warned the United States would lose its shirt if a summit conference were held at the price demanded by the Soviet Union. He described a five point price tag and said Moscow’s note likely keeps negotiations going, though it risks turning any meeting into a spectacle. Moscow insists on top leaders meeting with no prior lower level talks and opposes a foreign ministers conference that could delay or block a summit.
Minnesota history sees the State Railroad and Warehouse Commission authorize part time agency service for the Minneapolis & St. Louis Railway Co. at 18 stations nine agencies, effective April 1. The order sets half day per agent five days a week, with several station pairings and exceptions for St James Ormsby six month pause, plus denials at Franklin Fairfax. Telephone service must be maintained at all stations.
Official readings at 8:30 report a low of 21 and high of 46 degrees in the last 24 hours. Conditions are clear.
The Senate Rackets Investigating Committee labeled President James R. Hoffa of the Teamsters a betrayer of labor and dangerous to the country. The panel described Hoffa as power hungry, building a hoodlum empire, and cited ally Dave Beck as prone to embezzlement. Frank W. Brewster, a West Coast Teamster boss, was accused of involvement in a plot to control vice in Portland through crooked deals with politicians and racketeers.
In Minneapolis a party of seven high school visitors from Minnesota saw two members, Dean H. Bisher and David H. Marks, receive extended stays of at least 90 days after appearing in municipal court for stealing auto hubcaps. The other youths, three under 18 and two girls, were lectured and released.
Beverly Hills California actress Susan Hayward is confined to her hotel room due to a measles infection, prompting rest and isolation as health authorities monitor her condition.
The House considers a military pay bill with a raise and a 668 million dollar price tag. The plan targets active personnel with two or more years of service to boost retention and encourage long careers for officers and enlisted personnel.
Medan and surrounding areas see loyalist forces pushing from Medan to halt rebel advances in North Sumatra. Rebels plan guerrilla warfare but face stiff loyalist resistance as a broader campaign appears unlikely to unfold into a major offensive. Maj. Boyke Navin Golan leads mutineers toward hills with tanks abandoned in guerrilla retreat.
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